Russia-+Alex+Hamre+B1

RUSSIA Alex Hamre Block 1 World Geography

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 * [[image:worldgeography9/zzzHambone Land 1.jpg width="431" height="332"]][[image:worldgeography9/zzzHambone Land 2.jpg width="417" height="336"]] [[image:worldgeography9/zzzHambone Land 3.jpg width="376" height="425"]][[image:zzzHambone Land 4.jpg width="493" height="397"]] The Land**
 * Mountains and Plateaus:**
 * Russia has a mountain chain known as the Ural Mountains that run through their western side and create the border betwixt them and Europe.**
 * The West Siberian Plain covers an area of more than 1 million square miles.**
 * The** **Sayan Mountains rise to over 10,000ft and 11,000ft.**
 * [[image:worldgeography9/zzzHambone climate2.jpg width="340" height="223"]][[image:worldgeography9/zzzHambone climate1.jpg width="252" height="233"]][[image:worldgeography9/zzzHambone climate.jpg width="560" height="275"]] Climate:**
 * the factors the effect Russia’s climate are its size and shape. Some parts of**
 * its land are 1500 miles from the water. They usually receive less than 24 inches of**
 * rain a year. Climate, soils, vegetation, and animal life are**
 * closely interrelated.**
 * [[image:worldgeography9/zzzHambone Population.jpg]][[image:worldgeography9/zzzHambone Population1.jpg width="300" height="231"]][[image:worldgeography9/zzzHambone Population2.jpg width="341" height="193"]] Population****and Culture.** **Russia’s 139.4 million citizens descend from more than 100 ethnic groups. Russian is the official language of Russia and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Russian is also the language of such giants of world literature as Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Pasternak, and Solzhenitsyn.** **Russia’s population began to decline during the 1990’s and during**
 * the 21st century the 60+ population** **was reaching about 1/5.**
 * Economy: The Russian economy faced an economic collapse and they didn’t know how to transform the economy.**